Improvement in corn-planters



.F. W. WHITE.

Seed Planter.l i

UNTTED STATES PATENT Grunde..

FRANKLIN YV. WHITE, OF VVOROESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORN-PLANTERS.

Specification forming part cf Letters Patent No. 21,393, dated August 31, 1858.

To all whom it may concern Bc it known that I, FRAKLIN W. WHITE, of Worcester, in the county of .Worcester and State'of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines forDroppin gand Covering'Corn, Potatoes, Ste. 5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, mak ing a part of this specification, in which- Figure l represents a perspective view; Fig. 2, a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 3

a transverse section through the mold-boards.-

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the several figures, denote like parts of the apparatus in allof them.

My invention relates to the devices for dropping the corn or potatoes in the furrow opened by the machine, and, in connection therewith, the manner of covering the grains, seed, or other thing dropped in said furrow.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the same with reference tothe drawings.

A represents the beam of the planting and covering plow, having an arm, B, 'at its extreme front end, to which the team is hitched, and lugs C, projecting downward for furnishing bearings for thejournals a of the supportin g-wheel D, which also actuates the seed-slide or cut-olf.

At the rear of the beam A are placed the handles b b, their lower ends secured to the mold-boards and braced to the beam by the rung c, and to each other by the straight rung d and curved one e.

1n advance of the handles b b is placed the seed-hopper E, from the bottom of which eX- tends a seed tube or spout, F, curving slightly forward at its lower end to bring its terminus close under and behind the share partf of the plow, the hopper being partly supported on the beam by the seed-tube and Wpartly by the braces g g, which are fastened to it and to the beam and rung d. Y

Through the bottom of the hopper E there is an opening, h, for the seed or other thing to drop through when the slides or cutoffs are actuated.

t is an upper, and j a lower,4 slide or cut-off, the upper one sliding over the opening lo at top, while the lower one brings its opening lc in line with the opening h for the purpose of holding back the seed, Svc., in the hopper, while that between the slides drops down through the tube F into the furrow previously opened for it. The slide t' works-through a mortise in the hopper, and the other 0ne,j, works in ways or guides underneath the hopper, both slides at their rear ends being connected tol a headblock, 1,011 which thereis a projection, m, that carries a rod, n, around which a spiral spring, o, is coiled, one end of which presses against said projection and the other end against the hopper.

VTo the front end of the slidey is connected a rod,p, which extends forward over the top of the beam and through a slot, q, made through the heel of the arm B, where it has its end bent down to a right angle, or nearly so, and so that said arm r may drop into a recess or hole, s, made in the tread of the wheel l) every time said hole (or holes, if more than one be used) comes around. into said hole s the rotation of the wheel carries and draws forward with it said rod p, as

also the slides or cutoffs j attached to it, un-

til they are in the proper position for thecharge of seed held in h to drop through into the furrow. By this time the perimeter of thewheel in rear of the hole s comes against said rod p and raises its arm r out of said hole, .and the uncoiling ofthe spring o draws back the slides into the position shown in Fig. 2, and the hole h receives another charge for the nest dropping operation. An opening, t, is made 'through the front of the beam to allow the Irod p and wheel D to meet each other, and an opening, a, may be made through the web of the wheel at the base of the hole s, so that it may be cleaned out should any dirt or obstruction get into it.` I

G G are double moldboards, meeting at an edge atj', and having a point at'o. This point, edge, and mold-boards open out a furrow for the seed to be dropped into, which Ais effected as above described. In the mold-boards or wings Gthere are openings w w, through which the mellow pulverized soil passes into the space between said mold-boards, which space is inimediately over the furrow into which the seed has been dropped. The lower edges of these openings w have ledges .fr a: attached to them, which incline as `they approach each other. The earth enteiiig through zo w is by these VVheu the arm r has dropped ledges directed or guided so as to fall imme- 2. In combination withadroppingapparatus diately over the dropped seed, and they are and the double mold-boards for opening the thus covered by the nest and niellowest of furrow, the openings w and guides a2, for ad- Y the soil, While all stone, sods, die., are thrown mitt-ing and directing the earth or soil that is offby the Wings. The mold-boards are secured to cover the seed, substantially as described.

to the beam by a shank, y, and nut z, and otherwise braced by the handles,rungs, &c. FRANKLlN WV. WHITE.

llaving,l thus fully described the nature and objectot' my invention, what I claim is Witnesses: 1. Operating the seed-slides through the rod CHARLES HERSEY, 'l p and its arm o, and the hole (or holes) s in the ALBERT W. CURTIS. Wheel D, substantially as described. 

